Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #2 - Apr 26th, 2011 at 11:45pm

Hello

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So can I just download the newest version and upload, without losing info?

Well, other than the word 'just' the answer is probably:

Yes - you can download the new version, backup your data (also a download effectively) to a local drive, install the new version (and make sure it works), then upload your old data, and YaBB will convert it (your old data) to the new format. "Then" it will 'just' work

Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #4 - Apr 27th, 2011 at 12:53am

"When you say save data, I would think that would be the Board folder and the Member folder? "

You should read the Codex articles about now, LOL

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Once you have entered Maintenance Mode, you must log into your server and make a copy of the following directories:

Required

* Boards * Messages * Members * Variables

* Attachments (to be uploaded directly to yabbfiles/Attachment in New Forum) using binary mode transfer.

To be honest, YaBB 1.4, is very old, so I have never worked on a 1.4 board - so you should check to see if those folders are present. (the answer is probably yes - and I'm quite sure they are all needed.

I'm also not long enough in the tooth to know how and when file-uploading (attachments for posts) got welded on. I'm pretty sure it was a mod first.

Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #6 - Apr 27th, 2011 at 4:49am

Hi

You should download the full version, not the upgrade. The upgrade is only for those with very recent versions of YaBB.

The most important thing will be to have a good data backup. I don't know what kind of a hosting package this forum is on. BUT - if there's a good amount of data, there may be a problem downloading full folders. Many Control Panels have limits on the number of files you can view or download in one pass. For this reason, I suggest you do the data DL with an FTP client, being careful on the transfer type. Check the Codex articles - but for BACKUP/DOWNLOAD purposes, I'm pretty sure I can generally say that the folders mentioned that are under 'yabb' should be in Text/ASCII mode, and the Attachments folder GENERALLY should be done in Binary mode. I say this last because you could have text file attachments.

UPLOADING - you will need to be meticulous on the FTP mode and setting permissions

Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #7 - Apr 27th, 2011 at 10:53pm

Thanks for the help. I already permissioned everything last night but must of missed something. Am doing it all over again right now. Permissions that is. So keeping my fingers crossed too.

Thanks again for your help I really appreciate you.

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #8 - Apr 28th, 2011 at 7:06pm

What if I get an error 500 after I set all permissions on the folders. Do I still have permissions wrong. My Yabb directory is also in a password protected area. Although it was before too.

So I have installed before but a long time ago. I am pretty sure I set the permissions correctly. Any thoughts?

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #9 - Apr 28th, 2011 at 7:09pm

I am going to try setting them one more time.

Is there anyone here that I can pay to do this? If I cannot get this to work?

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #10 - Apr 28th, 2011 at 7:41pm

Usually an ISE 500 is not caused by CHMODs (permissions), usually it is caused by corrupt files. ALL the files under the yabb2 folder MUST be transferred using an AscII transfer mode. If not, they'll corrupt on transfer. It is true that to get a YaBB installation correct, you must assure 3 things:1.) The Shebang (Path to Perl) must be correct in 4 files (Setup.pl, YaBB.pl, AdminIndex.pl and ModuleCheck.pl)2) Uploading files using the correct transfer mode3.) The correct CHMOD per file (Very Important that all the folders and *.pl files are set to at least 755)

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #11 - Apr 28th, 2011 at 11:58pm

On the transfer files page it said the directory should look like so but there are some files outside the folder in yabbfiles

such as ajax.js, AJS.js, etc.

Do I load those also to the server?

I appreciate all your help.

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #12 - Apr 29th, 2011 at 12:19am

They're not "outside" the folder, they are within the yabbfiles folder.

and of course they must be uploaded.

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #13 - Apr 29th, 2011 at 12:23am

Once you have installed and run Setup.pl and everything is working ... Be sure you reset the start date/time of the New forum to the Start Date/Time of the Old forum before you run Setup.pl again to Covert your old data files.

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Re: Upgrade from yabb 1.4 all the way to current?Reply #14 - Apr 29th, 2011 at 12:28am

Thanks for all your help, you're the best. Am working on it now. Hope third time is the charm.